Benjamin Williams

Benjamin Williams is a fellow with FEE’s Henry Hazlitt Project for Educational Journalism. He has produced videos and written content for many libertarian organizations such as the Mises Institute and Students For Liberty. Under the alias PraxBen on TikTok, he has amassed over 200,000 followers and 100 million views promoting sound economics and libertarianism to younger audiences. He also heads up the TikTok and Twitter accounts for FEE. He has made appearances on podcasts such as The Tom Woods Show to promote ideas and methods for winning Gen Z for liberty. Outside of praxis, his main interests are economic history, private law, and social conservatism. His main influences are Murray Rothbard, Michael Huemer, and Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

Articles

No, Milei Is Not a Fascist

05/10/2024 Mises Wire Benjamin Williams

The electoral victory of Javier Milei in Argentina was a pleasant surprise to libertarians internationally. For the first time ever, an open anarchocapitalist was elected president of a sovereign...

No, “Science” Has Not Proven Mises Wrong on Socialism

02/20/2024 Mises Wire Benjamin Williams

In response to the many shortcomings of the Soviet Union, Mao Zedong’s China, and Venezuela, the refrain, “It wasn’t real socialism,” has emerged as a rallying cry among apologists of socialism. Some...

Decentralization Is Not Fascism

09/05/2023 Mises Wire Benjamin Williams

Despite its origin in Marxist-syndicalist thought, “fascism” has long been used as a derogatory label for practically anyone on the right wing of the political spectrum. Sometimes the label is...

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Media

No, Milei Is Not a Fascist

05/14/2024 Benjamin Williams

Despite the accusations that Javier Milei is a fascist in libertarian clothes, many of his reforms have been successful in reversing some of the damage done to Argentina's economy by real fascists.

No, “Science” Has Not Proven Mises Wrong on Socialism

03/03/2024 Benjamin Williams

Socialists never give up trying to prove that socialism can maintain a functioning economy. Some have dragged out a nearly forty year old study as their exhibit A.

Private Security: An Effective Method to Prevent Being a Crime Victim

01/03/2023 Benjamin Williams

As crime rates rise and government policing fails, more and more people are turning to private security, which is more effective in preventing crime than government police.

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